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From article <1992Nov2.154336.12177@grebyn.com>, by sgs@grebyn.com (Stephen G. Smith):

> I avoid Radio Shuck whenever possible, mostly because their stuff
> stinks.  When I do buy something there (usually Xmas toys.  Doesn't
> matter if they break in a couple of weeks) I give the name:

> George Bush
> 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
> Washington DC 20006

> No clerk has so much as blinked.

I used to do this too, though I tried to pick interesting
world figures.  I'll bet Andre Gromyko was turned on by
the sale on FM mikes for only $12.95.  I had Anwar Sadat's
sent to the U.N. but I don't know if it was forwarded to
him or not.  I believe that I had Horatio Alger's sent to
another Radio Shack store, but I can't remember.

When I was in eighth grade, an aquaintance would not pay
me back the ten dollars he had borrowed from me despite
my repeated requests and the fact that he had gotten the
money.  I went to a magazine store, and tore out about ten
Reader's Service Cards, and circled about fifty random
numbers on each card, filled in his home address, but
for reasons inappropriate to this forum, for his name I
wrote in "Hot Stick."

A month later, his mom gave me my money and asked me if
there was anything I could do to stop the flood of mail.
Both she and her son admired my ingenuity, and we became
good friends.
-- 
Mark Walsh (walsh@optilink) -- UUCP: uunet!optilink!walsh
AOL: BigCookie -- Amateur Radio: KM6XU@WX3K -- USCF: L10861
"What, me worry?" - William M. Gaines, 1922-1992